Singapore Practice 3: 7 and 11th for BMW Sauber

By BMW Sauber F1 Team
September 27 2008

In the final practice session of the inaugural Singapore GP weekend, Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld both successfully completed their preparations for qualifying and the race. Robert secured seventh on the time sheets, with Nick finishing 11th .

As was the case on Friday, the third practice session for the first night race in the sport's history was held in dry, hot conditions, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius.

Once again, the BMW Sauber F1 Team drivers encountered no problems whatsoever and used the perfect conditions to complete their preparations for the remainder of the weekend. With 13 minutes of the session remaining, they had to temporarily abort their efforts, following a crash involving Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella. It took the marshals several minutes to remove the damaged car. Due to the yellow flags, nearly everybody returned to the pits to wait for the all-clear.

Subsequently, Robert and Nick both went out for a final stint and succeeded in setting their personal best times. Robert crossed the finish line in 1:45.425 minutes to secure seventh while Nick finished 11th, with a 1:45.689-minute lap.

In the qualifying session, starting at 22:00hrs local time (15:00hrs BST), Robert and Nick will again try hard top secure promising positions on the starting grid for the 800th Formula One World Championship race.